Jewellery Rescue Metal Detector Hire

Michel from Altona Region, Melbourne Victoria saw our last story of us rescuing a fine gold bracelet  for a lady given to her by her mother.  As it turns out Michel’s Mother had passed away and the keepsake gold ring her mother gave her was dropped while digging in her back yard.  The  area was not  huge 8 x 8 meters approximately but definitely lost in there  somewhere.  Michel contacted me at Jewellery Rescue  about 12.30 pm so I told her I would call a couple of  our closest Jewellery Rescue members to her location and find out their availability to try and meet  with  her that evening.   Most of the best  skilled detectorists also have full time jobs and can only search out of business hours.   Seabrook is SW of Melbourne’s CBD   where a new  Jewellery Rescue metal detectorist called Aaron; who has never done a job for us (but came highly recommended).  Aaron  made an appointment with Michel for 7.00 am and  kept his appointment – which is a good start.

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 It was about 7.15am 15 minutes later I received the text that Michels Mothers ring was found and safely back with the person it belonged to - Michel.  Aaron was handsomely rewarded for his first job with us  by Michel. I thanked Aaron and contacted  Michel by phone.  She was very happy with Aaron’s respectful, polite manner and was  also very happy with  the  outcome of  having  her mother’s  keepsake found by  skilled detectorist - especially as her mother’s funeral was later that  very same day….  Michel  our deepest condolences, it also means  a lot to us to be able return such  an irreplacable precious item and memory especially at such a vunerable time ..  I look forward to referring Aaron to future jobs in Melbourne’s SW region and beyond as he is also prepared to  travel to country Victoria.  How far?  Call us and see with your lost items.

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Brisbane to Surfer’s Paradise to recover a lost wedding ring for the Australia wide Jewellery Rescue.  It was 6:15 on a Saturday evening. A call came in from a family holidaying  at Surfers  Paradise staying not too far  from Sea World. It was a  lovely autumn evening and they decided to have an evening meal on the beach at sunset.  During the sunset it was noticed the ring had  slipped off the wife’s finger where they where sitting. Due  to the cooler air our hands reduce size in the cold.  The  good news is they  knew  exactly where the ring came off and they then understandably spent two hours sieving the sand  with their fingers in the hope of  a quick recovery.   I really applaud their efforts and  wish they found the ring of their own accord.  However it is my every-day experience that you can be holding  a hand full of sand with the ring in it and unless you are carefull you wont feel it in your hand and might move it away from the drop zone.  Filtering the sand out between your fingers is the best way or use your hand like a rake moving  approx 30 mm of sand  depth at a time. 

The closest Jewellery Rescue Network member was  a real decent guy called Kim in South Brisbane  approximatly 1H 15 Mins away.  They had their grand-daughter over for the  evening enjoying dinner when I called.  Kim being really understanding and  knew what it was like to loose something, agreed to join the  family’s search as they said were not leaving the beach until it was found.  On Kim’s behalf, I asked the family for an extra $20 for fuel given the drive involved. They agreed  and understood  it might cost  extra if the  detectorist  is willing to travel further to search sites.  Sadly  the  petroleum companies  get the  money not us.

On arrival Kim  wasted no time and made short work of the beach search area approximatly 5 m square and the ring was found  within 3 minutes about 60 mms under the sand. The  family where very thankful that Kim came out, at very short notice (which isnt always possible). We thank the family for inviting  us to assist them with our  metal detector experience.  Kim  is  one of  the many good detectorists in many towns and cities across Australia who help  people find their lost  jewellery, by hooking them up  with skilled local detectorists.

Comments (0) May 21 2010